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Boeing Co. is close to a revised production schedule for the new 747-400 jumbo jet but will negotiat

BAKES SAYS EASTERN MAKING PROGRESSWASHINGTON - Strike-bound Eastern Airlines is making progr

Negotiations aimed at increasing air passenger and cargo service between the United States and Japan

The House passed the $1.16 trillion budget resolution Wednesday and sent the measure to the Senate,

The third annual Conrail stockholders meeting completed its scheduled business in just 10 minutes We

Quotations are offered rates of New York city banks relating to currency transfers of $1 million or

U.S. dairy industry and congressional officials have been pressuring the Department of Agriculture t

The small gulf state of Qatar is shifting from a reliance on oil production to a natural gas-based e

SENATE VOTE MAY FORCE NEW TALKS ON FSXThe State Department said new restrictions imposed by

The Journal of Commerce publishes the MidAmerica Report every Thursday and MidAmerica news throughou

GREENBERG TAKES CHAIRMAN'S SEATAT AIGMaurice R. "Hank" Greenberg took on the additio

A federal jury Wednesday rejected a woman's claims she was injured by an intrauterine copper contrac

U.S. oil imports increased substantially in April, filling a gap left by declining domestic producti

Women hold the key to economic development and slower population growth but many are trapped by cult

Massachusetts plans to use undercover agents, aerial surveillance and search warrants in a pollution

Cargill Ltd. and the province of Saskatchewan will jointly build a nitrogen fertilizer manufacturing

SOVIETS SEEK US HELP TO ANALYZE RUBLEWASHINGTON - The Soviet Union has asked the United Stat

The Quebec government announced new taxes on businesses in a budget tailored to win votes for the Li

COMPLAINT DISMISSED ON BRAZILIAN WHEELSWASHINGTON - The International Trade Commission in ef

The U.S. dollar rallied Wednesday on a slim U.S. trade gap for March, but stalled when it encountere

PCs AND SATELLITES. Those are the hot issues at the Distribution/Computer Expo in Chicago th

West Coast ports are slowly eroding the dominance that the Delaware River ports have maintained for

The latest beneficiary of a special U.S. trade program for the Caribbean expects to compete successf

U.S. business executives are anxiously awaiting the departure of Mikhail Gorbachev from Beijing, say

INSURERS SLASH RATES FOR NJ HOMEOWNERSTRENTON, N.J. - More than 70,000 homeowners will save

Harry Corless, chairman of ICI Americas Inc. and ICI American Holdings Inc., will retire July 31, 19

The 1989 dollar rally has demolished conventional wisdom on Wall Street. Taken by surprise,

As many as 200 longshoremen will be unemployed when Chiquita Brands Co. of North America moves its o

Record U.S. exports in March revived hopes for a substantially better U.S. foreign trade balance thi

Amerijet International Inc., an all-cargo operator, is expanding its overnight freighter service in

CANADA TRADE SURPLUS NARROWS SHARPLYCanada's world merchandise trade surplus in March declin

May 17, 1989 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPreClose High Low Vol.

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Southern Shipper and Motor Carrier Council, 78th annual meeting, May 21-23. Mountain Brook Inn, Birm

A cruise company whose luxury liner rammed into a Cuban merchant vessel, killing its captain and two

May 17, 1989 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f

Family Secrets wishes its bottled sweet-and-sour sauce wasn't such a secret in Singapore, and Sun Sp

MONTEDISON REPORTS 54 PERCENT JUMP IN '88 NETMILAN, Italy - Italy's Montedison SpA said Tues

FARMERS AREN'T BUYING ALAR, UNIROYAL SAYSAs the season to spray apple trees with Alar, or da

Containership Agency Inc. merged this week with American Container Agency Inc., a related company th